Research Material
Sustainability and Our Environment
The material identified is all readily available, mostly from the Geelong Library network.
By Blackwell Geoff and Hobday Ruth (2020)
Humanity has reached a pivotal moment in time. Extinction is looming over
1 million species of plants & animals. 12 of the world’s most influential
contemporary photographers, with compassion, insight & in compelling detail
share their extraordinary images & the stories behind them. They seek to
understand what really matters now for humanity & the planet. What do we
have? What do we stand to lose? And what must we change?
By Alicia Chrysostomou (2023)
Are plastics really the enemy in our fight to save the planet? Are there other
factors at play needing equal consideration? If you’ve ever wondered what
exactly is a bio-plastic, why some but not all plastics can be recycled & the
role a clumsy cat played in the development of early plastics, then this book
is for you.
By Debra Hendrickson (2024)
Wildfires, Hurricanes & Heat Waves make headlines. What is happening in
Dr. Debra Hendrickson’s clinic tells another story.The Doctor is a Pediatrician
in Reno, Nevada, the fastest warming city in the United States, where ash
falls like snow during summer wildfires. The Doctor recounts chidren harmed
by worsening smoke, smog, pollen & the Zika virus outbreak in 2016. The
youngest are particularly vulnerable because their brain, lungs & other
organs are forming & growing every day. “The Air They Breathe” is soul –
stirring reminder of our responsibility to our children & our world.
By James Campbell (2024)
Tired of FREAKING OUT about climate change? Want to stop being an
eco-WORRIER & start being an eco-WARRIOR? If you absolutely, positively
LOVE laughing? This hands-on & hilarious guide is for you.
By Penny Craswell (2024)
Designing with the environment in mind is not new. What is new is the
increasing number of ways houses can be more sustainably built. With a
focus on design ingenuity, new technology & materials, “The New Sustainable
House” demonstrates that there is more to ecologically motivated
construction than solar panels & water tanks.
By Jennifer Rayner (2024)
The impacts of Climate Change keep getting worse, but the typical framing of
the problem & solutions are seriously insufficient.The steps we are taking to
move beyond Fossil Fuels are far too incremental. Dr Rayner makes the case
for better ways to guage the health of a clean economy, track real progress
on cutting pollution and account for gains from from immediate, decisive
measures. We need new ways of thinking and get on with real climate action.
By Chris Goodall (2024)
Chris Goodall tackles 16 challenges that we must overcome in making a just
transition to carbon neutrality. He explores the technologies that will solve
these challenges. New tech featured includes Sweden’s H2 Green Steel,
California’s Fortera Cement substitute, Hong Kong Garment to Garment
recycling, Finnish turbine company Coolbrook, Norwegian e-fuels and
Captura’s innovative Ocean CO2 capture.
By Various – A Monash University Publication (2024)
Behaviour Works Australia (BWA) is a leading behaviour change research
enterprise in Australia housed in the Monash Univerdity Development
Institute. The team developed the highly respected “Behaviour Works Method”
a tried and tested approach to influencing behaviour for impactful and meaningful
outcomes to build a better world. Features real world case studies involving
Federal & State Government departments such as Environment Protection
Authority and Sustainabilty Victoria inspiring practical change.
By William J Bourroughs, Bob Crowder, Ted Robertson, Eleanor Vallier-Talbot, Richard Whitaker (2000)
Meteorology is one of the oldest sciences & also one of the most challenging.
As the world begins to come to grips with global environmental issues
ranging from acid rain to desertification, meteorology is assuming an
important new role in developing policies aimed at securing the long term
survival of the planet.
By Ross Garnaut (2020)
Awful, but maybe not impossible. The low carbon opportunity can make
life better for the Australians who come after us. There is a better chance of
leaving a manageable mess if we can build a bridge to a low carbon economy
over which Australians can now walk to join the global effort on climate
change. This book describes that bridge. This is not a bedtime read. You
need to have your analytical side turned on.
By Saul Griffith (2022)
This is a great read. A practical approach to solving the problems and
opportunities in tackling climate change. Written very much from an
Australian perspective & supported by well presented, easy to understand
graphics.
By Tyson Yunkaparta (2023)
This remarkable book is about everything from echidnas to evolution, cosmology to cooking, sex and science and spirits to Schrödinger’s cat.
Tyson Yunkaporta looks at global systems from an Indigenous perspective. He asks how contemporary life diverges from the pattern of creation. How does this affect us? How can we do things differently?
Sand Talk provides a template for living. It’s about how lines and symbols and shapes can help us make sense of the world. It’s about how we learn and how we remember. It’s about talking to everybody and listening carefully. It’s about finding different ways to look at things.
Most of all it’s about Indigenous thinking, and how it can save the world.
By Michele Lobo, Eve Mayes, Laura Bedford (2024)
Bringing together interdisciplinary climate change scholarship and grassroots activism, this book considers the possibilities of planetary justice across human difference, generations, species and the concept of life and non-life. Writing amidst bushfires, cyclones, global climate strikes and a global pandemic, contributors from the Earth Unbound Collective share stories from India, Australia, Canada and Scotland. Chapters draw on Indigenous, Black, Southern, ecosocialist and ecofeminist perspectives to call for more radical and interconnected ideas of justice and solidarity.
This accessible book features diverse voices that speak with the planet in the face of climate change, biodiversity loss and extinction. It explores the politics and practices of working towards a future where the planet thrives.